Remote Site Reliability Engineer, Fleet

Description:

• Algolia is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for the Fleet team in Sydney, Australia, to ensure the availability of search products.
• The Fleet team focuses on creating solutions to optimize the availability and costs of search products at scale.
• The role involves operating search products, automating responses, and building components to improve reliability and performance.
• Responsibilities include reducing infrastructure costs, computing SLOs and error budgets, automating processes to reduce toil and technical debt, and managing incidents and customer requests.
• The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of scalable architectures and strong collaboration skills across teams and time zones.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have knowledge of at least one programming language such as Python, Golang, or Ruby, with familiarity in software craftsmanship; knowledge of Lua is a plus.
• Experience in building and operating distributed systems is required.
• Candidates must have experience working with APIs and a focus on designing reliable, operable, and available applications.
• Familiarity with public cloud providers like GCP, AWS, or Microsoft Azure, and Kubernetes is necessary.
• A good understanding of Linux system administration, networking, and troubleshooting is essential.
• Strong communication and organizational skills are required.

Benefits:

• Algolia offers a flexible workplace model that emphasizes individual impact and contribution over physical location.
• The company fosters a high-trust environment, allowing team members autonomy in choosing their work location and schedule.
• Algolia promotes community through intentional in-person connections and virtual opportunities for remote colleagues.
• The company is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, valuing each team member regardless of their background.